Create a kit for your kids filled with essentials to help get them ready for the new school year.

By: Robyn Welling

Send your student off to school prepared or give this kit to a teacher as a functional gift. Read on for creative container ideas, supply suggestions, decoration ideas and more with our back-to-school daily necessities list.

Containers IdeasStart with a small container that's easy to transport and store in a desk, backpack or locker. Anything that's designed to hold and organize small items will work well.

Supply SuggestionsFill the kit with essentials and comfort items that they may need throughout the school day. Use our ideas to get started:

Tissues

Wet wipes

Eye drops

Bandages

Stain stick

Chewing gum/breath mints

Small mirror

Comb/brush

Lip gloss

Feminine hygiene products

Hair clips/bands/pins

Plastic fork and spoon

Change for vending machines

Hand sanitizer

Decoration IdeasPersonalize the kit by embellishing it in a way that matches your child's style and personality. Have them help decorate it with:

Homemade stickers

Faux flowers or buttons attached with hot glue

Washi tape

Patterned duct tape

Puffy paint

Contact paper

Decoupaged magazine clippings, photos or scrapbook paper

Charms

Robyn is a freelance writer and humourist at Hollow Tree Ventures, a mother to five, and accidentally become a cleaning and crafts expert over the years. She loves to blog about her crafts and home decor projects, parenthood, life with her funny husband, and the humour of everyday life in Michigan.

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